edit: Did not expect downvotes on this. Curious why
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edit: Did not expect downvotes on this. Curious why
In an non-constrained case, sure, there's no-minimal link distance. You just have a pile of chain.
However, if you make the chain taut between the two points, say by decreasing the number of nodes in the chain or the maximal distance of links, the minimal distance between nodes then approaches the maximal distance between nodes. When you have a chain constrained to the straight line between the two points, the maximal distance between nodes is equal to the minimal distance between nodes.
If you cross this line over multiple countries, you now have a system where you can prove that the devices are spread across some number of the different countries, which probably has some useful properties, like making nation-state attacks slightly more difficult.
Sadly, it appears it didn't sell particularly well, thus no S9 Active.
The MIT administration overall is incredibly lawsuit/risk averse after a bunch of heavy settlements, such as the Shin case, the sodium case, and the Wellesley girlfriend stabbing.